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Israeli delegation heads to Germany to hand over Arrow 3 missile defense system
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
An Israeli delegation has departed for Germany to participate in a ceremony marking the handover of Israel’s Arrow 3 long-range missile defense system to the German Air Force.
The delegation, led by Defense Ministry Director General Amir Baram, includes the chief of the ministry’s Directorate of Defense Research & Development, Danny Gold; Israel Aerospace Industries CEO Boaz Levy; the director of Israel’s Missile Defense Organization, Moshe Patel; and other top officials, the ministry says.
The ministry says the ceremony will mark the “initial operational capability handover” of the Arrow 3 to the German Air Force, and the first time that Israel is delivering the advanced air defense system to another country.
The nearly €4 billion ($4.6 billion) sale of the Arrow 3 to Germany, considered the largest defense export deal in Israel’s history, was signed in September 2023.
The Arrow 3 system is designed to take out ballistic missiles while they are still outside of the atmosphere. It has downed hundreds of ballistic missiles launched at Israel by Iran and the Iran-backed Houthi terror group in Yemen during the current war.
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